Ellen Cunningham

Associate Director

KPMG in Ireland

Ellen is an Associate Director in KPMG’s Sustainable Futures practice, working across our sustainable finance and nature workstreams. Ellen has managed several climate risk assessments for Irish corporates and supported multiple sustainability reporting engagements (including EU Taxonomy and TCFD) for a diverse range of clients. She is passionate about leveraging private capital to support nature outcomes and has supported research on this topic in Ireland.

Before joining KPMG, Ellen has an additional 7 year’s consulting experience, working internationally as a climate and environmental policy consultant in the UK, Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa. 

She has a background in earth sciences and environmental economics and previously worked as the environmental sustainability lead for the international humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide.

  • Sustainability
  • Sustainability assurance and reporting

  • Earth Sciences (Hons, Trinity College Dublin)

  • MSc Environmental Economics & Sustainable Development (With Distinction, University of St Andrews)

  • Phd Water Economics (Completion 2026, University of Glasgow)